R3wire & Varski Talk Keeping Up With Dance Trends

Dance Music is constantly evolving. While music trends are always changing, people’s tastes follow suit. As artists we always have to be aware of on one hand, the current pulse and on the other, future trends.

Just look at the evolution of any successful dance act. Their sound changes as the producers and music alike mature. That is what’s so beautiful about music and what will always be that way.

Let’s take a look at one of the biggest producers/DJs at this current time. Martin Garrix.

In 2013 he exploded on the scene with such an original and trend setting sound, otherwise known as 'Animals.' This was the first time a simplistic take on Dance music was executed so effectively. So much so that it set a course for EDM in the year that followed.

Two years on and we now see Garrix go with a more melodic, progressive house sound which, in music terms, shows maturity in the producer. After all, if MG had just kept making the same sound as 'Animals', we wouldn’t be talking about him in such high regard today.

Take another, DVBBS for example, a duo who's sound has only just started to evolve since their hit 'Tsunami' in 2013. In our opinion this had a detrimental effect to the duos growth and appeal to the masses.

Moving onto the dance music genre as a whole. A few years ago, we had the likes of Garrix, Hardwell and even Tiësto dominating the scene with this simplistic Kick/Riff-led Electro.

Fast forward to the present day and we have just had the summer of Deep House. What does next summer have in store? Well, in our opinion this summer will see a resurgence of a more Bass-orientated, almost UK Garage sound...A movement that is being labeled simply as 'Future House.'

This brings us back home. As producers, we are always looking to evolve our sounds, keeping up with global trends but never at the cost of our own individuality. After all, as producers, our music is OUR music. Originality is what we hold most dearly when presenting music to the masses.

Over the coming months, we have several releases due. A few of these are very much on vogue and in keeping with the current and future trends. But the odd one embraces our background, and the big room sound that we cling on to where possible. Somewhere in the middle, you’ll find things like 'Jump & Shout'...